Brown Eyed Girl Tabs and Chords

"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. Written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and produced by Bang Records chief Bert Berns, it was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cashbox charts, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100.Turner. Its Too Late to Stop Now. p.77 It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is widely-considered to be Van Morrison's signature song.Roy and the SweetsYorke, Into the Music, p. 42Greatest Irish Bands

This song would prove to be the impetus for Morrison's whole career as a solo artist. It was to be his first single after leaving his position as lead singer for the Belfast formed band Them and would lead to his relocation to the United States and an eventual contract with Warner Bros. Records, where he would record his career-defining album, Astral Weeks.

Paul Williams included "Brown Eyed Girl" in his book Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles,Williams, Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles. p. 122 writing that:

I was going to say this is a song about sex, and it is, and a song about youth and growing up, and memory, and it's also ? very much and very wonderfully ? a song about singing.

Morrison's original recording of "Brown Eyed Girl" remains widely familiar today, as the uncensored version is regularly played by many "oldies" and "classic rock" radio stations. It is listed as the #4 most played song by DJs in both 2006 and 2007. A Perfect DJ 2006A Perfect DJ 2007 In 2005, Van Morrison received a Million-Air certificate by BMI as a "Top European Writer" for reaching 7 million US radio and television airplays for "Brown Eyed Girl" and again in 2007, Morrison was awarded another Million-Air certificate by BMI for 8 million air plays of "Brown Eyed Girl". The only song with more airplays by a top European writer was "Every Breath You Take" by The Police with 9 million.BMI Honors Top European Writers, 2005-11-28

2007 BMI London Awards

It is listed by RIAA as one of The 365 Top Selling Songs of the 20th Century.

Van Morrison, OBE (born George Ivan Morrison, 31 August 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a critically acclaimed

singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn,The word curmudgeonly is commonly used.

The great rock discography, page 551, M. C. Strong, Giunti, 1998, ISBN 8809215222 idiosyncratic,

and sublime.Collis (1996), page 185. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album Its Too Late to Stop Now, are widely acclaimed as among the greatest ever made.

Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison started his professional career when, as a young teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and saxophone, in a range of Irish showbands who covered the popular hits of the day, before rising to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the gritty Northern Irish R&B band Them with whom he recorded the garage band classic, "Gloria". His solo career began under the pop-hit oriented guidance of Bert Berns with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967.

After Berns death, Warner Bros. Records bought out his contract and allowed him several sessions to record Astral Weeks in 1968. Turner (1993). pages 86 ? 90 Even though this album would gradually garner high praise, it was initially poorly received; however, the next one, Moondance, established Morrison as a major artist, and throughout the 1970s he built on his reputation with a series of critically acclaimed albums and live performances. Morrison continues to record and tour, producing albums and live performances that sell well and are generally warmly received; sometimes collaborating with other artists, such as Georgie Fame and The Chieftains. In 2008 he performed Astral Weeks live for the first time since 1968.

Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and R&B, such as the popular singles, "Brown Eyed Girl", "Moondance", "Domino" and "Wild Night". An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as Astral Weeks and lesser-known works such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic Soul".

Morrison has received considerable acclaim, including six Grammy Awards, being inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and appearing on several "Greatest Artists" lists.